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1Jiso tɛ̀ dza kɛɛ le Bɛfarasii woo baa kituŋ le fetɔɔ tuu lisi bɛniiŋ bɛ kintutu-u li dzɔɔ ŋge, yɛki Jɔɔŋ.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Se nuuŋ le, ɛ mɔɔ Jiso kibɛɛ wu gii lisi bɛniiŋ li dzɔɔ kɛ, ɛ bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu-u kwaa bɛ tɛ̀ lisi bɛniiŋ li dzɔɔ.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Le kɛɛ lɛ, dza lɛ kimbɛ ki kwɛɛŋ wu Judiya wulu, tuu karisi tuu lijiŋ lɛ ki Galilii.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Tɛ̀ kɛmi le ka dze yi kimbɛ ki Samaaria.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Gɛɛŋ bo li kitoŋ ki Samaaria kimu ki bɛ teenyi le Sika, ɛ ki tɛ̀ nuuŋ li wɛ wu Yakɔ tɛ̀ nyɛ li ŋwani wu Jɔsɛ-ɛ lichiŋ.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Kitoo ki dzɔɔ yi Yakɔ tɛ̀ chiŋ tɛ̀ nuuŋ fe. Si Jiso tɛ̀ dɛndɛ fiɔɔŋ lɛ, se shee li kitoo ki dzɔɔ yilu-u lichiŋ. Mfi tɛ̀ nuuŋ si jobɛ bikaa yoofi ntsɔ bifɛ fɛnshaaŋ.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Kwɛɛŋ wumu wu li kwɛɛŋ wu Samaaria wulu dza bɛ le chee dzɔɔ fe, Jiso se tee li wuu le, “Nyɛ mi dzɔɔ ŋ'woŋ.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Tɛ nuuŋ ɛ bɔɔŋ bɛ kintutu-u bɛ Jiso-o tɛ̀ gɛɛŋ fɛ la nyɔŋa le be go biee bijɛ.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Kwɛɛŋ wulu bii li Jiso-o laa, “Ɔ nuuŋ wi wu Juu, nnuuŋ wi wu Samaaria, fi geeŋ fiɔɔ tuu lɛki dzɔɔ li mi-i?” Kwɛɛŋ wulu tɛ̀ tiiti lɛ, kifɛ Bɛjuu tɛ̀ nyamisi bɛniiŋ bɛ Samaaria.“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

10Jiso tuu li wuu le, “Bee nuuŋ le ɔ ni ɔ kii nya yi nuuŋ yi Nyɔ, mɔɔ wi wu tiiti li wɛ-ɛ le ɔ nyɛ wu dzɔɔ, bee nuuŋ ɔ lɛkɛ wu, wu nyɛ wɛ dzɔɔ yi beki mfi kwi.”Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

11Kwɛɛŋ wulu se kaari bii li Jiso-o laa, “Baa, ɔ kɛmi yɛ ŋkaa wu kwɛ dzɔɔ le kɛ, si kitoo kini seri ni, ɔ gii ɔ dzɔɔ yini dzɔɔ fɛŋ yi beki mfi kwi?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Fi nuuŋ le ɔ ko ɔ yaa taa wusɛŋ wu Yakɔ wu tɛ̀ chiŋ kitoo kini gɛɛ li bee li ni, yi wu kibɛɛ tɛ̀ woŋ fɛ dzɔɔ yilu, bɔɔŋ bee woŋ tɛ fe, nyáŋ yee woŋ tɛ fe ni?”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Jiso tuu li wuu le, “Wi kwi wu woŋ dzɔɔ yini ndɔɔŋ mɛɛŋɔ wu wondɛ li mwɛ-ɛ.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Se nuuŋ le, mɔɔ nuuŋ noo wu woŋ dzɔɔ yi ŋgii nnyɛ yini le, ndɔɔŋ nuuŋ tɛ naa wondɛ li wu-u kɛ. Dzɔɔ yi ŋgii nnyɛ li wuu yi gii yi dza yi to ntuuŋ wu dzɔɔ yi buti li wu-u mfi kwi, yi gii yi dɛndɛ yi nyɛ wu ntsɛ wu kimakɛ.”But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

15Kwɛɛŋ wulu se tee li Jiso-o le, “Baa, nyɛ mi ŋwaani yini dzɔɔ ke ndɔɔŋ tɛ naa tuu le wondɛ li mi-i le ni mbɛɛ fɛni ntuuti dzɔɔ kɛ.”The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16Jiso tee li wuu le, “Gɛnɛ ɔ teeŋ nyuma nɛɛ wu bɛ.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Kwɛɛŋ wulu tuu li wuu le, “Ŋkɛmi yɛ nyuŋ kɛ.” Jiso se tee li wuu le, “Ɔ teeɔ chɛɛŋ si ɔ tee le ɔ kɛmi yɛ nyuŋ kɛ lɛ.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Ɔ kɛmɔ buniŋ bɛtiinu, wu ɔ nuuŋ bɛ wu dɛɛni nuuŋ yɛ mɔɔ wa kɛ. Fiee fi ɔ tee fiɛɛ chɛɛŋ.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Kwɛɛŋ wulu tee li Jiso le, “Baa, mi ŋɛŋgɔɔ dɛɛni le ɛ wɛ ntomfɔŋ.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Bɛte taa bɛsɛŋ tɛ̀ shiiŋ be lɛki Nyɔ li ŋkumɛ wuni, beŋ Bɛjuu se kweŋgi finɛ le bɛniiŋ kɛmi le be ni be lɛki li Nyɔ-ɔ nuuŋ Jɛrosalɛŋ kwaa.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Jiso tuu li wuu le, “Kwɛɛŋ, beŋ fiee fi ntiiti fini. Mfi bɛɛɔ wu nɛ gii nɛ ni nɛ lɛki li Taa Nyɔ nuuŋ yɛ li ŋkumɛ wuni mɔɔ nuuŋ Jɛrosalɛŋ kɛ.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Beŋ bɛniiŋ bɛ Samaaria lɛki li Nyɔ-ɔ nɛ kii yɛ fiee fi nɛ lɛki li fi-i kɛ, bee Bɛjuu tɛ lɛki li Nyɔ-ɔ, tɛ kii wi wu tɛ lɛki lu, kifɛ kinsofu kɛti nuuŋ li Bɛjuu li.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Se nuuŋ le, mfi bɛɛɔ, wu se bɛɛɔ kituŋ wu bɛniiŋ bɛ lɛki li Nyɔ-ɔ chɛɛŋ chɛɛŋ gii be ni be lɛki li Taa Nyɔ li fiana-a bɛ li chɛɛŋ li. Baaŋ ŋwaani bɛniiŋ bɛ Taa Nyɔ wɛki le be ni be lɛki li wuu.But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

24Nyɔ nuuŋ Fiana, bɛniiŋ bɛ lɛki li yi-i se kɛmi le be ni be lɛki li yi-i li fiana bɛ li chɛɛŋ li.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Kwɛɛŋ wulu se tee li Jiso le, “Ŋkiiɔ le Kinsofu ki Nyɔ tɛ̀ kaachɛ bɛɛ kɛɛ, ki bɛ teenyi le Krai. Mfi wu ki naa ki bɛ, ki gii ki naanyɛ biee bichu li bee li.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Jiso tee li wuu le, “Mi wu n'yeti li wɛ-ɛ wuni ɛ mi ki.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Nɛɛ li mfi wulu, bɔɔŋ bɛ Jiso bɛ kintutu-u tuu karisi be bɛɛ. Bimfimu wondɛ be le yetɔɔ bɛ kwɛɛŋ. Se nuuŋ le, wu be wumu ti mɛɛŋ ki bii kɛ li wu-u laa, wɛki la le, kɛ laa Jiso yeti bee kwɛɛŋ wulu kii la le?Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

28Kwɛɛŋ wulu se shɛ shaŋ ye yi dzɔɔ fe, kaari gɛɛŋ fɛ kitoŋ, gɛɛŋ tee li bɛniiŋ li le,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Bɛ yɛɛŋ nɛ ŋɛŋ wumu wu bee tee mi fiee fichu fi ntɛ̀ nsaa mi mfɛ. Wi wuni nuuŋ bo Kinsofu ki Nyɔ tɛ̀ kaachɛ kilu ni?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Bɛniiŋ bo li kitoŋ kilu be bɛ fɛ Jiso-o.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Nuuŋ ɛ bɔɔŋ bɛ kintutu-u bɛ Jiso-o tɛ shɛ be lɛki Jiso be tiiti li wuu le, “Labai, ji fiee.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Se nuuŋ le, Jiso tɛ̀ tuu li bee le, “Ŋkɛmɔɔ biee bijɛ bi ŋgii nji nɛ se kii yɛ bi kɛ.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu-u se ta maa li yi yi bee laa, “Wumu bee shɛ wu bɛ bɛ biee bijɛ wu nyɛ wu ni?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Jiso se tee li bee le, “Bijɛ bieŋ nuuŋ le mfɛ fiee fi wi wu toŋ mi wɛki, mɔɔ le mɛɛshi nimɛ chee chichu.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Mɔɔ nɛ tee baa finɛ le shɛɔ kii nɛɛ, le mfi wu ŋ'wechɛ bɛ nɛɛ ni? Ntee beŋ le, tsaaki yɛɛŋ lii liwe nɛ bichɛ nɛ ŋɛŋ si biee yɛri biɛɛ li wɛ le bɛ weri.Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

36Wi wu wechi kɛmi kinsomfu kee, banchi bijinɛ giki li ntsɛ wu kimakɛ, wi wu ntɔyɛ bee wi wu ŋ'wechɛ se gii be ni be nɛki li fiee fi mumkpaŋ.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Fini tiifi le ŋgaŋgaa chini nuuŋ chɛɛŋ chi tiiti le, ‘Wumu ti tɔyi, wumu se weri.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Mi ntoŋɔ beŋ le nɛ gɛɛŋ nɛ ni nɛ wechi biee bi nɛ ti mɛɛŋ ki niŋ kɛ. Bɛniiŋ bamu tɛ̀ niŋ, nɛ se lɛ baa li bujɔŋ bu nimɛ chi bee.”I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

39Bɛniiŋ bɛ Samaaria ŋge li kitoŋ kilu tɛ̀ gɛɛ shéŋ li Jiso kii fiee fi kwɛɛŋ wulu tɛ̀ tee li bee le Jiso bee tee fiee fichu li wuu fi tɛ̀ saa wu fɛ.Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Bɛdɛɛni, fɛ be tɛ̀ bɛ be ŋɛŋ Jiso, be lɛkɛ le tsi bee be. Se beŋ, bee be tsi jo faa.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Bɛniiŋ ŋge tuu be gɛɛ shéŋ li Jiso-o kii tefɛ chee.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bɛniiŋ bɛlu se tee li kwɛɛŋ wɛ-ɛ le, “Tɛ gɛɛ baa shéŋ li wuu nuuŋ yɛ kii n'yɔru wa kɛ. Tɛ woo baa bɛ bintooŋ bisɛŋ, tɛ se kɛɛ le wi wuni wɛ Kinsofu ki nshɛ yini chɛɛŋ.”They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

43Jo yi faa yilu ka, Jiso dza giiŋgi Galilii.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Wu kibɛɛ tɛ nuuŋ ɛ wu saa wu tee le bɛ ti guundi yɛ ntomfɔŋ wu Nyɔ li kwɛɛŋ we-e li kɛ.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Le gɛɛŋ fɛsi Galilii, bɛniiŋ bɛ fe fii wu kifɛ be tɛ̀ ŋɛŋ biee bi tɛ fɛ fɛ tsɔnɔ-ɔ Jɛrosalɛŋ kifɛ be tɛ̀ nuuŋ tɛ fɛ tsɔnɔ chilu.Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.

46Jiso tɛ̀ tuu kaari gɛɛŋ Kana wu kimbɛ ki Galilii fɛ tɛ̀ fiiki dzɔɔ yi to mbiiŋ fɛɛ. Tɛ̀ nuuŋ ɛ wi wu nyɔŋa wumu tɛ̀ nuuŋ li kitoŋ ki Kapanu-uŋ, ŋwani wu nyuŋ gendi.So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

47Le wi wu nyɔŋa wulu woo le Jiso bee dza Judiya wu bɛ Galilii, se gɛɛŋ fɛ wu-u, sooŋ bɔ li wuu le bɔɔ bɛ wonchɛ ŋwani, le wɛ lɛ kwe wa.When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

48Jiso se tee li wuu le, “Fuki fɛ nɛ ŋɛŋ biee bi doonchi bunɔŋa bu Nyɔ-ɔ, bɛ bintɛ wa bi biee siŋ, nɛ tɛ gɛɛ shéŋ li mi-i kɛ.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Wi wu nyɔŋa wulu tee li wuu le, “Baa, bɛ nɛɛ tɛ ni tɛ beki, ŋwanɛŋ ni kwi.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Jiso tuu li wuu le, “Ɔ giiŋgi, ŋwana gii tɛmi.” Wi wulu tɛ̀ beŋ fiee fi Jiso tee li wuu, biee dza giiŋgi.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Si tɛ̀ beki lɛ, bee bɔɔŋ bee bɛ nimɛ bikɛ, be tee wuu le ŋwani tɛmɔɔ.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Se tuu bii li bee mfi wu be bɛchi ntɛɛmɛ. Be se tee li wuu le, “Tuu nuuŋ mfo si jobɛ kikaa kimumkpaŋ lɛ fɛnshaaŋ li, kiŋkɛŋkɛ kilu chinɛ li wu-u.”So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”

53Te ŋwaŋ wulu se tuu kimi le ɛ nɛɛ mfi wulu wu Jiso tuu tee li wu-u le, “Ŋwana gii tɛmi.” Wu mɔɔ yih ye chichi gɛɛ shéŋ li Jiso-o.Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.

54Fiiŋ fiee fi doonchi bunɔŋa bu Jiso-o fi kiŋga kifɛ fi tɛ̀ fɛ mfi wu tɛ̀ dza Judiya bɛɛ Galilii.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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